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Re: main verb

Thank you for your response.

Someone asked me to check out the answer to a multiple choice question: 11. Whatis the MAIN VERB of the following sentence? (circle one) (3) “People may say this because they think it will make you feel better.” (line 4)c
a. willmake
b. feel
c. maysay
d. think I assumed the correct answer was c because I thought the main verb was that which is in the main clause of a sentence. That was the response I gave but then after reading a little about main verbs and auxiliary verbs, I got confused and thought I was wrong.

Re: main verb

Originally Posted by Megan4

Thank you for your response.

Someone asked me to check out the answer to a multiple choice question: 11. Whatis the MAIN VERB of the following sentence? (circle one) (3) “People may say this because they think it will make you feel better.” (line 4)c
a. willmake
b. feel
c. maysay
d. think I assumed the correct answer was c because I thought the main verb was that which is in the main clause of a sentence. That was the response I gave but then after reading a little about main verbs and auxiliary verbs, I got confused and thought I was wrong.

Is the correct answer really c, despite it including "may"?

Thanks again.

The whole thing starting with "because" is a dependent clause. It can not stand alone. It must be part of another sentence. And since it is a dependent clause it can not be the main clause, hence it can not contain the main verb.